High tech - low work
High tech - low work
The technology is awesome, and KLA is a market leader.
The work is interesting in the initial 1-2 years, applications engineering is a lot of travel - which again, is fun initially.
Jobs get repetitive - there is only so much you can learn about a tool. Travel is endless - 85% travel is expected. If you don't want to travel, there are people in India and China happy to do it, so your job is easily expendable. The politics in the applications group can be annoying, and the managers are not necessarily chosen on merit.
Better outsource the entire field support to Asia, and keep only product development in USA, make more sense and sets expectations right. Choose managers not for their proximity to marketing or their supplicant nature, but rather on merit.
Even if that means you have to bring in someone from outside the group or even KLA, it might be a good thing!
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KLA Interview Experiences
Applications Development Engineer
Talked to an engineer at a career fair, set up a phone interview, then an in-depth onsite interview. This had a technical worksheet section, presentation, technical interview, behavioral interview components. Offer received 2 weeks later. The proces
Applications Development Engineer
Applied online. Got the first phone interview invitation in May. Second video interview invitation two weeks after. Four one-on-one interview and one 30mins presentation. Third video interview with senior director. Asking about some behavioral questi
Applications Development Engineer
The interview process was overall ok, but it seemed like each one-on-one was fairly inconsistent in terms of tone. Everyone was nice though and I wouldn't call it stressful. I will say that it felt like I asked more questions than the interviews as
Applications Development Engineer
Milpitas, CaliforniaNovember 1, 2019Talked to an engineer at a career fair, set up a phone interview, then an in-depth onsite interview. This had a technical worksheet section, presentation, technical interview, behavioral interview components. Offer received 2 weeks later. The proces
Applications Development Engineer
Milpitas, CaliforniaMay 1, 2020Applied online. Got the first phone interview invitation in May. Second video interview invitation two weeks after. Four one-on-one interview and one 30mins presentation. Third video interview with senior director. Asking about some behavioral questi
Applications Development Engineer
Milpitas, CaliforniaApril 23, 2024The interview process was overall ok, but it seemed like each one-on-one was fairly inconsistent in terms of tone. Everyone was nice though and I wouldn't call it stressful. I will say that it felt like I asked more questions than the interviews as
